NEW DELHI: The Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday launched the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Rail Connect App in New Delhi.

It aims at enabling faster ticket booking for railway passengers over all in India.

According to the Railway Ministry report, IRCTC Rail Connect App is furnished with new technology. The previous app was named ‘IRCTC Connect’and now it will be called ‘IRCTC Rail Connect’. The new app will facilitate booking of train tickets in an easier and faster way.

The new ticketing App will be based on next generation e-ticketing system. It will be synchronized with the ticketing website-www.irctc.co.inalso, which is presently missing in the current system.

All the Railway travelers will continue to be able to search and book train tickets, check their existing reservations or cancel them, and also get upcoming journey alerts in the new application.